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@uiten tete y gettati. @frn Letters .Patent No. 76,650, dated April 14,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOILET-COMES.

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To ALL WHOM 1T MAY GONCERN:

Be it known that I, JO'SEPH P. N0Y15:S, ot` Binghamton, in the countyofBroome, and State of New York,

have invented a. new and useful Improvement on Hair or Toilet-Combswith-metallic backs or easings; and I do hereby declare that. thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference beingvhad.to the accompanying drawing, and the letters marked thereon. s

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a metallicguard-tooth at Ithe ends of combs with metallic backs or casings, byextending or elongating said casinga sulicient distance from the end ofthe comb for the formation of. the tooth, thereby obvia'tingthe-liability of breaking the teeth by falling. v

I construct my guard-teeth A A of brass, or the material used for theback or casingv B, by extending it to the requiredl distance from theend of the comb foi-*the formation ofthe rounded end C, and the' length'of' the tooth. I then taper the part suficiently to form thepoint,'swage, and close it, bend it down to'the required angle with theback, and finish. Y

The utility of my invention'will be more readilyappreciated when it isunderstood that the' increased weight of combs with metallic backs makesthem more liable to accident by falling.

What I- claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture,a comb provided with a metallicback,vextended over the ends thereof, so as to form the end tboth orcovering therefor, as represented and described, .for thepurpose setforth.

JOSEPHv P. NoYE's.

Witnesses:

.D. A, HELM/manoirs, E. E. JAoKsoN.

